{"product_id":"jane-austen-on-nature-the-novels-as-pastoral-literature-paperback","title":"Jane Austen on Nature: The Novels as Pastoral Literature - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary Jane Curry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Jane Austen's heroines respond to the power of the natural world, seeking comfort in nature's calm or referencing \"verdure\"--meaning fresh greenness and fertility--in relation to their awakening sexuality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book focuses on the interactions between Austen's heroines and the uncontrollable, wild world. Femininity and nature are interwoven; male characters often exploit nature as they exploit women. In the fragment _Sanditon_, Austen satirizes resort developers who commodify both nature and women. As this work discusses, Austen transformed the courtship novel through her use of pastoral language, illuminating themes of greed, the inequality between men and women, and the emotional development of young women in the early nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Jane Curry\u003c\/b\u003e has been speaking and writing to general readers as well as scholars about nature and pastoral elements in Austen's fiction since 1994, mostly in \u003ci\u003ePersuasions: The Journal of the Jane Austen Society of North America\u003c\/i\u003e. Retired from university teaching, most recently Zayed University, UAE, she lives in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.32 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 22, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52751765406003,"sku":"9781476696249","price":96.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/RMVbNJoVjL9781476696249.webp?v=1764320467","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/jane-austen-on-nature-the-novels-as-pastoral-literature-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}